NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 語用學(4526)
(Eng.) Pragmatics
Offering Dept Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher Chih-hsiang Shu
Department Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures(N)Undergraduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description Pragmatics studies how context influences the interpretation of meaning in language. The course examines the basic concepts of pragmatics – such as implicature, speech acts, presupposition, and deixis. The focus is on the descriptions of the pragmatic phenomena and pragmatic analyses.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1 To be familiar with basic concepts of contextual meaning.
2 To develop skills to solve pragmatic problems.
3 To apply this knowledge to English learning.
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introduction. Pragmatics in Linguistics
Week 2 Gricean Implicature
Week 3 Gricean Implicature
Week 4 Typhoon - no class
Week 5 Holiday
Week 6 Later approaches to implicature
Week 7 Reference
Week 8 Typhoon - no class
Week 9 Reference, review
Week 10 Midterm exam
Week 11 Presupposition
Week 12 Presupposition
Week 13 Speech acts
Week 14 Speech acts
Week 15 Information structure
Week 16 Inferential relations
Week 17 Inferential relations, review
Week 18 Final exam
Evaluation
Homework: 40%
In-class performance: 20%
Midterm: 20%
Final: 20%
Textbook & other References
Handouts.
Additional reference:
Introduction to Pragmatics (Betty Birner, Wiley-Blackwell)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
By appointment.
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